Artesunate/amodiaquine malaria treatment for Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1087-1092

  Charle, Pilar ^a   Berzosa, Pedro ^b   De Lucio, Aida ^b   Raso, José ^c   Nchama, Gloria Nseng ^d   Benito, Agustín ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^c MINSABS   (Equatorial Guinea)

^d Ministry of Health and Social Welfare   (Equatorial Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PARASITOLOGICAL FAILURE RATE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTESUNATE;

EID: 84878795414     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0290     Document Type: Article

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